ISRO chief offers prayers at Tirumala shrine ahead of CARTOSAT-3 launch

Ahead of the launch of India's imaging satellite CARTOSAT-3, ISRO chief K Sivan offered prayers at Tirumala shrine in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. ISRO will launch CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other nano-satellites from the US, from Sriharikota on Wednesday.

Tirupati(Andhra Pradesh): ISRO chief K Sivan on Tuesday offered prayers at this famous hill shrine here, a day ahead of the launch of India's imaging satellite, CARTOSAT-3.

ISRO is all set to launch the earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other nano-satellites from the US, from Sriharikota on Wednesday.

Sivan offered prayers to the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.

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Later, speaking to reporters here, Sivan said Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter was doing well and sending a lot of information about the Moon.

Lander 'Vikram' from Chandrayaan-2 had crashlanded while attempting a soft landing on the lunar surface on September 7.

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